Chords for Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)

Tempo:
83.5 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

D

Ebm

Ab

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video) chords
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[D] [Eb] [D] [Eb]
[D] [Eb] the [D] county [Eb] jail.
Prisoners there they [D] began to [Eb] quake.
Band was jumping and the drum [D] began to swing.
You should have heard the [Ab] locked out jail beds singing rock.
[Eb] Everybody, [Gm]
[D] everybody in [C] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Spider Murphy played it in a [D] [Eb] saxophone.
Little Joe was blowing on the [D] side [Eb] trombone.
Tromba, Forfa, Mella, Laura, [D] Crash, Boom, [Eb] Bang.
The whole rhythm section was a [Ab] purple gang.
Let's rock.
[Eb] Everybody, let's [Gm] rock.
[D] Everybody in [Ebm] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Eb] Number 47 said to [D] Number [Eb] 3,
You were the cutest jailbird I [D] ever did [Eb] see.
I sure would be delighted with your [D] company.
[Ebm] I'm [Eb] gonna do the jailhouse [B] rock.
Oh, it'll [Ab] be, let's rock.
[Eb] Everybody, let's rock.
[D] Everybody in [C] old cell [Ebm] block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Let's rock.
[Ebm] [Eb]
[Gm] [Bb] [Ebm] [Eb]
[D] [Eb] Sack, sack was sitting on a [D] block of stone.
[Eb] Over in the corner weeping [D] all alone.
[Eb] The warden said, hey buddy, don't you be [D] no squab.
[Eb] You can't find a partner, use a wooden chair.
[C] Let's rock.
[Eb] Everybody, let's rock.
[Bb] [D] Everybody [C] in old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse [D] rock.
[Eb] Shifter Henry said to Bugs for [D] heaven's sake,
[Eb] The warden's looking out just to [D] make a break.
[Eb] Bugs had turned to Shifter and he said,
[D] Nix, nix, [Eb] I wanna stick around, I [B] wanna get my kicks.
[Ab] Let's rock.
[Eb] Everybody, let's rock.
[Gb] [D] Everybody [Gm] in old [Ebm] cell block was [Eb] dancing to the [Gm] jailhouse rock.
[D] [Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Gb] [G]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Ebm
13421116
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Learn the basic chords of Elvis Presley - (Master) Jailhouse Rock chords, with this master sequence: D, Eb, D, Eb and Eb. A strategic approach would be to train at 41 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 84. Given the song's key of G Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[D] _ [Eb] _ the [D] county [Eb] jail.
Prisoners there they [D] began to [Eb] quake.
Band was jumping and the drum [D] began to swing.
You should have heard the [Ab] locked out jail beds singing rock.
[Eb] Everybody, _ [Gm] _ _
_ [D] everybody in [C] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Spider Murphy played it in a [D] [Eb] saxophone.
Little Joe was blowing on the [D] side [Eb] trombone.
Tromba, Forfa, Mella, Laura, [D] Crash, Boom, [Eb] Bang.
The whole rhythm section was a [Ab] purple gang.
Let's rock.
_ [Eb] Everybody, let's [Gm] rock. _
_ [D] Everybody in [Ebm] old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
[Eb] Number 47 said to [D] Number [Eb] 3,
You were the cutest jailbird I [D] ever did [Eb] see.
I sure would be delighted with your [D] company.
[Ebm] I'm [Eb] gonna do the jailhouse [B] rock.
Oh, it'll [Ab] be, let's rock.
[Eb] Everybody, let's rock. _ _
_ [D] Everybody in [C] old cell [Ebm] block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Let's rock.
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[D] _ [Eb] Sack, sack was sitting on a [D] block of stone.
[Eb] Over in the corner weeping [D] all alone.
[Eb] The warden said, hey buddy, don't you be [D] no squab.
[Eb] You can't find a partner, use a wooden chair.
[C] Let's rock.
_ [Eb] Everybody, let's rock. _
[Bb] [D] Everybody [C] in old cell block [Eb] was dancing to the jailhouse [D] rock.
[Eb] Shifter Henry said to Bugs for [D] heaven's sake,
[Eb] The warden's looking out just to [D] make a break.
[Eb] Bugs had turned to Shifter and he said,
[D] Nix, nix, [Eb] I wanna stick around, I [B] wanna get my kicks.
[Ab] Let's rock.
[Eb] _ Everybody, let's rock. _ _
[Gb] [D] Everybody [Gm] in old [Ebm] cell block was [Eb] dancing to the [Gm] jailhouse rock.
[D] _ [Eb] Dancing to the jailhouse rock. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _

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